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The Works of Mr. Robert Gould

In Two Volumes. Consisting of those Poems [and] Satyrs Which were formerly Printed, and Corrected since by the Author; As also of the many more which He Design'd for the Press. Publish'd from his Own Original Copies [by Robert Gould]

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To Sir James Long, Baronet.

With the Preceeding Elegy on his Brother.

His Death, whose Name you bear, in humble Strains,
This Muse lamented to th'attentive Swains,
Dilating Grief thro' all the Neighb'ring Plains:
His Vertues were to all the Good approv'd,
In Senate honour'd, and by Kings belov'd.
Your Elder Brother next her Mourning claim'd,
Who, had he liv'd, had been as justly fam'd:
He promis'd much; but a too hasty Doom
Remov'd him from our Hopes, and call'd him Home.
Another Brother's Hearse she now attends—
But here her Melancholy Labour Ends.

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What ever Grace or Excellence we view'd,
Or hop'd from them, be all in You renew'd:
May You their Worth and Honour Emulate,
Be yours their Vertues, not their Early Fate.
My Praye'rs are heard!—It was your Grandsire's Theme,
Deriv'd to Him from your Prophetick Dream,
When you in Vision the Three Plants survey'd,
The Younger bloom and the two Elder fade.
When Heav'n with Age and Fame has fill'd your Days,
Some happy Pencil draw your Deathless Praise:
That Theme shall kindle with Poetick Fires
Some other Muse long after this expires.